Wildfire extent and severity correlated with annual streamflow distribution and timing in the Pacific Northwest, USA (1984-2005)

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 677-684

  Holden, Zachary A ^a   Luce, Charles H ^b   Crimmins, Michael A ^c   Morgan, Penelope ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual area burned; Burn severity; Climate change; Fire severity; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AREA BURNED; ANNUAL FLOW; BURN SEVERITY; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRE SEVERITY; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PATH ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK ACCUMULATION; STREAMFLOW DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW TIMINGS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; WATER YEAR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

STREAM FLOW;

ABLATION; BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST FIRE; PATH ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE; USA;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867170732     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.257     Document Type: Article

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